STARVED TO DEATH
PATE OF MAORI WOMAN
GRIEF AT LOSS OF GUILD
At ail inquest held in Pukekobe by the district coroner, Mr. C. K. Raw lie. ■T.P., into the death on Sunday at Pukekohe Hill of a Alaori woman. Ngihingilu Te, Riri, aged 64, it was disclosed that following the death of a granddaughter a fortnight previously, the deceased had refused to. take food or nourishment. She had gradually become weaker until she died.
Evidence was given, hv the husband, Pohi Tu Terei, that deceased lived with him and their onlv daughter and son-in-law. The child who died was an only granddaughter, aged about two veats. He and the other members of the household tried to persuade deceased to eat, but she refused. She would tntjt; only water.
The coroner asked why a nurse oi doctor was not called. The reply was that deceased was in no pain.
The coroner returned a verdict that death was due to heart failure following acute starvation, self-imposed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19129, 25 September 1936, Page 3
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